First and foremost, I'm not an expert to comment on the topic, thus this is just my opinion and should not be used as reference. Any problem in regards to the topic, please kindly refer and ask any recognized Muslim scholars.
I start with the name of Almighty Allah and Allahummashollia'la Muhammad wa a'la alihi washohbihi wasallim and Oh Allah, all praises are upon Muhammad, his family and companions.
I grew up in a small town in Red Giant state called Sg. Big, which has sufficient facilities to supply for a few hundreds family in the surrounding area. It has a main mosque call Masjid Makmuriah and other small musolla or praying house in every small villages nearby. Sounds religious town isn't it? Yeah, the majority nearly 99% of the population is Malay and they all Muslim. Like in the book titled The Travels of Marco Polo said, if he managed to pass through my town, he surely will said " All the villagers are idolaters, they worship Mahomet(Prophet Muhammad Peace be upon him)".I'm positive he will said so.
What is so special about Muhammad Peace be Upon Him? When I was 7, my parents bought a book titled Collection of Selawat of Muhammad Peace be Upon Him. Roughly the book contains 99 Selawat and their benefits to the life here and hereafter. After spending a few hours reading the book, I concluded and decided to at least recite a selawat a day, because by reciting once, Allah will do selawat upon us 10 times, by giving forgiving our sins, increases our good deeds and at least put us among people who love to praise His beloved prophet Muhammad Peacebe upon him. I as a stubborn boy at that time, knew that my ustazah at primary school always said a person who has committed a sin must repent, if not he will be burnt in the hellfire before being put into the paradise.
I will put the a story of hell and paradise in the future InsyaAllah. What do you think a cute little boy but stubborn and handsome like me will think? You don't know right unless I tell you but you can make an intelligent assumption like my lecturer always said.
If you do a committed a sin, you will be given bad deed but nothing given if it just an intention to do bad things. However if you performed a good things, you will be rewarded 10 good deeds. Mathematically, 10 good deeds minus 1 bad deed is equivalent to 9 good deeds, if 1 good deed neutralizes 1 bad deed. So, as a stubborn and a bit naugthy boy, I thought the rewards by reciting a Selawat is far too generous, and not included other type of Selawat which has hundreds to thousands good deeds given per recitation. This is definitely infinite generousity which of course it is from Allah Almighty, the King of the King.
Oh, I come back to my question in previous paragraph, as I remember(correct me if I'm wrong) when the first human, Prophet Adam 'Alaihissalam ate a forbidden fruit in the paradise, he was punished by Allah and was kicked out from the heaven to the earth. Everyday, he pray to Allah for forgiveness, but Allah ignored but oneday, which was 40 years later, suddenly by the permission of Allah, an idea just clicked in Adam's mind and he pray 'Oh Allah, forgive my sin by the blessing of Muhammad Peace be Upon Him'. Immediately, Allah granted his prayer and the sin was forgiven. Allah asked Adam, ' How do you know about Muhammad peace be Upon Him?'. Adam
answered ' I just remembered while I was walking in heaven, I saw Muhammad's name was located side by side with your name. So, I thought he must be special'. Allah replied: 'Muhammad is the last prophet from your descendent'.
Why Muhammad so special? As I remember, when Muhammad Peace be Upon Him was ordered to see Allah for determination of 5 praying times, he used a Buraq, heavenly flying horse to reached the highest layer of the sky. The Buraq itself was chosen thousand years before the birth of Muhammad Peace be Upon Him. As according to Muslim scholars, when Muhammad Peace be upon Him see Allah at that night of Isra' Mikraj, he entered the Arash of Allah with his daily shoes. My meaning of daily shoes is the shoes he use everyday. My point about the shoes is, We as normal(if you are normal) human being, when attending special occasion with so many protocols especially royal function, we ususally use special shoes, not our daily shoes. In the case of daily shoes belonged to Muhammad Peace be Upon Him, his shoes has the sweat and smell of Muhammad Peace be Upon Him' s foot(as we know all the excess or secretion came out from Muhammad Peace be Upon Him, are noble) and futhermore at that time he already made dakwah, asking the Arabs to worship none but the Almighty Allah only. Thus this made he himself who is already known as not just the Messenger and lover of Allah just noble, but even higher rank of noble class than that.Therefore his shoes is noble and can enter the 'Arash of Allah. Not our shoes you know. When the body Muhammad Peace be Upon Him bled,his companions will quickly rush to eat the blood as whose body contains the blood of Prophet Muhammad Peace be Upon Him will not be touched by the hellfire. When Muhammad Peace be upon Him performing an ablution prior to prayer, his ablution water which of course contains his sweat will be drank by his companions. There were so many stories about these. Please ask Muslim scholars.
Are you so special until the people around you will be competing to drink your sweat? Tell me if you got one today.
Have you ever heard saying about whoever practices the sunnah or daily practices of Prophet Muhammad Peace be Upon Him will rewarded a good deed as equal to syahid, who died in path of Allah or in another saying it is equal to 100 good deeds of the syahid, in which a syahid, will be enter the paradise easily without judgement?
So, from now onwards, I ask myself to recorrect whatever should be corrected in regards to the practices of the Sunnah, then I called Maulidurrasul celebration.
P/S: Dear English obsessed people, I'm sorry 4 my poor English..
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